Meet Wally Sparks

My first idea for this week was sci fi, as it was requested.  The film I wanted is called Paul, and I would encourage you all to seek it out.  It’s a little known film from Simon Pegg. It expired on TUBI just before this post.

This is my second idea.  Mexican Sharpshooter published a piece about the death of  Jerry Springer.  I remembered a film Rodney Dangerfield made about talk show hosts called Wally Sparks. He had Springer in mind when he made this.  Jerry is even in this film as a cameo and some stock footage. This is a seldom seen Rodney Dangerfield picture. And a damn good one.

Rodney plays the titular (pun intended) character Wally Sparks, and Debi Mazar plays Wally’s producer.  Mazar looks fantastic, so even if you don’t care for Dangerfield she should keep your attention.  David Ogden Spears plays the governor and Burt Reynolds shows up in this film as well. I like Wally Sparks because Rodney seems natural in this film – he wasn’t trying to be the every man, he was being himself. That is a change for anyone familiar with his other works.

So watch!  Or don’t!  Everything is voluntary until a politician wants to take you off the air!  Next week, a quick fill-in until I get back from this latest trip.  Witching and Bitching! Then we go Italian Sci Fi!

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